Looney Donut

My fiancé and I get donuts from here every weekend! We LOVE this place. They have an amazing ice blended mocha and they are so friendly!

I didn’t get the guy’s name, but he was awesome!
I love that extra big shake I got and at an affordable super reasonable price too especially for the quality. Would definitely come back again.

End of an era, Simon sold the shop and the new owner let the baker go, so no more looney baker and the end of good tasting donuts. A lackluster selection of donuts made by a novice baker who does not have the customers interest at heart and another note the ham and cheese croissants are made with chopped ham not the real slice of ham so buyers beware…

We came all the way from Corona to pick up some donuts for our friend’s birthday today (his name is Looney, I kid you not). And behold, they were closed. We arrived at 2:10pm, Unilocal says it closed at 4pm, and their sign says it was closed at 2:30pm. Which irritated me even more.
If Unilocal info is not updated, then I get it. But it is the business’ responsibility to stick to their business’ hours as indicated. Didn’t they change it from 4pm to 2:30pm in the first place?

Donuts not great. Little mean laidy has no crumb donuts. No credit cards. Bad services and no good donut. Tastes like stale churro. Bruto.

I came here all the time growing up… when Mr. Looney still owned the joint. I moved out of the area in 1999 and hadn’t been back again til recently. I moved back to the area and wanted to try it out again. I had heard there were new owners but they were cool… And they are!
Still a great place and I go about once a week! So happy to see that my childhood donut store while under different ownership, is still fantastic!

I really try and support local, small businesses, but this place makes it very hard. They open at 5AM. I went by there at 7:15AM to find the lights on, open sign on, but the door locked. A woman mentioned that someone had gone to the store for something. There’s a grocery store in the same shopping center and one about ¼ mile up the road. I waited over 15 minutes and finally gave up. There was no note on the door and several people came and left. I understand things can come up and running a small businesses is hard. But no note with a return time or anything? This is not the way to run a business.

Croissant sandwiches, breakfast or lunch are the best for the buck and great tasting! Only thing is it feels healthy so you have to indulge in a donut, which are great too! Nice owners and lots of donuts to chose from. They also have bobas and smoothies if you’re into that.

The best by far.
My favorites are the doughnut holes and my wife loves the bear claws which you need to get early or they will run out!
Super friendly owners.

Great customer service… always happy to see their customers and serve some good donuts. Always a pleasure to come in

I come here several times a week with my wife, a professor at the college across the street. Nice clean place, good donuts etc. low prices

We went to Looney’s for 17 years, since Mr. Looney still owned it. It was our family tradition to go on Saturdays, and May knew our names and what donuts we liked, and would start pulling them out of the cases when she saw us walking into the parking lot with our dog. I used to Fedex their cinnamon crumb donuts to my mom, because she visited me in CA and fell deeply in love with them. About a year ago we moved out of the area, and we miss their donuts and the whole ritual so much! 2 weeks ago I returned for a visit, and decided to fly a box of donuts home to surprise my husband and son. May jumped when she saw me, and greeted me happily, saying she wondered where we had gone… and sure enough, one year later she still pulled out my favorite donuts without me having to ask. Stellar.

A day may sink or save a realm — Alfred Lord Tennyson
«So you see! There’s no end to the things you might know, Depending how far beyond Zebra you go.» — Dr. Suess
When told by loyal subject Rho L. that there was a new treat at his realm of Looney, the Duke made yet another visit to take in a few doughnut holes along with a zebra doughnut of chocolate and glaze frosting. Rho L. is deemed knowledgeable on the magical arts of doughnut appreciation as the Zebra was a fine creature indeed just perfectly layered with the right amount of frosting combined with doughnut deliciousness.
The Duke of Looney is always happy to visit his realm and brings much happiness when his subjects bask in his presence…

Two words. Zebra donut. Chocolate and Vanilla glazed goodness.

After reading about who has the best blueberry doughnuts elsewhere on Unilocal,I have to say Looney’s beats out the blueberry doughnuts at M & M’s and Mel’s in Anaheim by far! I wish I didn’t live so far away!

In hopes of making our staff happy, I proceeded to buy a dozen donuts. Also ordered a Moca for myself. I wanted something other than the usual office coffee. The donuts looked ok, but they were NOT FRESH, in fact they were more than a day old! Additionally they only take cash and have some sort of «ATM» where you slide your card (YOU), and are charged 1.59 and she just pays you the difference (maximum $ 20.) So I spent almost $ 15, used what little cash I had in my wallet and ended up with stale donuts and ordinary coffee with milk. I am definitely not going back there!

I have driven’ by this donut store a few times, and have been wanting to stop in. The employees were very friendly, they actually said good morning to me, and the prices were very good. The 3 donuts below were $ 2.60. The store was very clean, and they hd a large selection of donuts out.
The maple bar was good. The cake part was a little denser then some other maple bars I have had recently. You can tell it was little to greasy, because the after taste is grease, instead of maple. The maple topping, is more like a maple cream, and not a thin layer of maple glaze. It is was good, but could of used more on top. The maple flavor, didn;t come through that much on each bite.
The chocolate cake donut with peanuts on top, was 4 ½ stars The cake part was really moist and cooked to perfection. This donut had more of a chocolate creamy top, that was fresh and loaded, I mean loaded with chopped peanuts.
The rainbow sprinkle donut was very good. The cake part of the donut was fresh tasting, but could of been a little moister. The glaze on top was very good. Even thought the cake part wasn;t as moist as previous donuts, it had a better overall flavor.
Looney Donuts, is a good place to stop for a morning donut.

This name made me happy. It has been a crazy week and I’m feeling a bit Looney myself.
It smelled «bleachy» inside, but I suppose there are worse, dirtier smells around (see my review for the $ 1 Book Store down the street). As for the donuts, I got my standard cake donut with sprinkles. It was quite good. Not the absolute best donut I’ve ever had, but good. We somehow ended up there at 2 for 1 time and paid only $ 0.80 for two donuts. We tipped Mr. Looney a dollar because he’s had to deal with that name his whole life and he was nice. Not a bad choice if you’re in the area!

Whenever I’m traveling from my home in Anaheim Hills to South County I pass this shopping center. Thought I’d check out this donut shop. Nothing really stood-​out.
It’s clean.
Friendly service.
All the regular donuts you’d expect.
Flavored and regular coffee.
Fair amount of tables and space if you wanna chill here for a minute.
I got a large coffee and glazed twist donut, $ 2.75 I think.
I don’t really get too crazy about rating donuts but, I will say this one was a bit oilier than normal. Still, it tasted fine.

If you’re ever in Irvine Regional Park, being attacked by a mountain lion, and thinking about the nearest place to find a decent donut, then this is the place for you. If you’re in Peter’s Canyon Regional Park, lying half-​conscious after being bitten by a rattlesnake, and having hallucinations of donuts coming to your rescue, then this is the place for you, too. If you’ve actually been attacked by either of these two animals… what the hell are you doing thinking about donuts!!! You need some frickin’ medical attention!
This is the closest donut shop to Santiago Canyon College, Irvine Regional Park, and Peters Canyon Regional Park. Basically, this place has the donut market covered in this area. So, I can imagine students and teachers and sugar-​seekers alike flocking to this small donut shop (right next to Chronic Tacos).
It’s run by an Asian couple and they seem really nice… though I’m not sure from which Asian country the name «Looney» originates. As far as donut places go, this one’s fairly standard really. Honestly, nothing really jumped out at me in terms of variety. You have your basic selection of baked goods, coffee and other energy drinks, milk, and juices. But, as I said before, it’s the only one of its kind in the area.
If you’re in the area and need something sweet, now you know where to go. Now if you could only find some puma repellent…